2021

Calls are growing for Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration to reconsider its pilot program to clear out several of the largest homeless encampments in the District after trying to get the residents into permanent housing. Several council…

Last summer, raze permits were filed for the long-delayed redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing complex east of Georgia Avenue between Park Road and Morton Street NW (map). Now, demolition is right around the corner, setting the…

Democratic At-large Council member Robert White is considering jumping into the District’s mayoral race, his two-time campaign chair tells Axios.

The video of a homeless man in a tent being accidentally scooped up in a front-end loader as the District removed an encampment this week was a startling image. Now, a council member is offering recommendations for restoring trust during…

D.C.’s public emergency, which gives the city’s government the power to provide COVID-19 guidance, has been extended to 2022, according to a new Mayor’s order released Thursday.

At-large D.C. Council member Robert White learned last month that an eighth grade student was facing a dilemma at a Metro station because she lost her SmarTrip transit card issued through the city’s Kids Ride Free program.

On Monday, just hours after city workers packed up and left a Northeast Washington homeless encampment after scooping up a sleeping man still inside his tent, Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage assessed the job the District did there as part of a…

As the D.C. courts gear up for a flood of eviction proceedings, many homeless and housing-insecure District residents continue to make last-ditch appeals to landlords, case workers and housing advocates to prevent their precarious…

The consideration of redrawing the ward boundaries in the District — redistricting — has started and some Ward 6 leaders are making it clear to the D.C. Council what they think the priorities should be during the three-month process.

The D.C. attorney general made the case for a bill that would keep 16- and 17-year-olds from being charged as adults at a hearing before the D.C. Council Thursday.

The October run of the award-winning Broadway hit Hadestown is uncertain in D.C., as negotiations between the Kennedy Center and the union representing its stagehands have stalled, the parties announced Thursday.

The Kennedy Center in D.C. may have to close its curtains again, not because of the pandemic, but because of a possible strike by its stagehands.

The American Cancer Society is partnering with the Howard University College of Medicine in D.C. and three other historically Black medical schools for the new Diversity in Cancer Research pilot program.

The upscale restaurant is decorated with citrus trees and an indoor water fountain.

In the months that Lee Simmons stayed at the men’s low-barrier shelter on New York Avenue, he says he worked with his case manager every day to try to get out. The provided meals were helpful, but most other aspects of life there —…

The new retail shop for Old World wines and specialty food is located inside Pizzeria Paradiso.

Downtown D.C.’s economy is showing some signs of a recovery, but office workers are still largely staying home — and that is spelling negative consequences for both property owners and the District’s coffers.

A new project aims to improve safety on 15th Street in D.C. by adding a two-way protected bike lane, the National Park Service said Thursday.